Brian Tyler Cohen
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first heard Jul 2026
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So I think the thing that's frustrated me and I'm sure you and I'm sure everybody who's watching and listening right now is that we have watched for so long as Republicans have abused the power that they had, while Democrats effectively failed to wield it.
And so there is this massive asymmetry there.
And we have seen that present itself in a myriad of different ways.
I think the most salient being the fact that
Republicans redrew the rules for how to sit a Supreme Court justice.
Obviously, Merrick Garland wasn't allowed to have his hearing for almost a year.
Meanwhile, Amy Coney Barrett was allowed to be sat five minutes after voting already began.
So we have seen this massive asymmetry.
And so what I try to do with the book is lay out a blueprint for Democrats to actually wield power once they have it, because
Frankly, it's not good enough to just get caught trying or to notch symbolic victories or messaging wins.
We actually have to push for meaningful, lasting change.
And Trump has shown us through how he's barreled through everything.
I mean, he doesn't listen to the Constitution or laws or
attorneys or judges or any other branch of government.
He does whatever he wants, but he does it for self-enrichment.
And so my contention here is that given the fact that our institutions are not as sacrosanct as we were once led to believe, we can also barrel through these things, but we have to do it in a virtuous way.
We have to do it so that we can actually deliver on climate change, on healthcare, on voting rights, on a just economy, and so much more.
Yeah, look, I think that it's not necessarily about ideology, although I do advocate for some positions like Medicare for all, for example.
I think it's crazy that we are living in the richest country in the world and that we're the only industrialized nation that doesn't have universal health care.
A lot of it is more about making sure that we can actually accomplish some of the tasks that we set out to accomplish.
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